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– I’ll be at the Artist Alley Comics Fest in Portland this Sunday (August 2nd). This is a small first year show put on by my friends at the Spritely Bean. Addam and Hunyh have worked hard to put together a nice show focusing on local Portland small press, indie and webcomic creators and I think it’s going to be fun. It’s an outdoor show, which means we’ll all probably die from the heat, but please come anyway! Admission is free! I’ll have Modest Medusa books and teh brand new first issue of Ghost Kiss on sale!

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OK, that is, hands down, one of the funniest MM comics ever, in my opinion. Her reaction, followed by the frazzled expression, and Jake’s casual answer, just made me laugh out loud.
Thank you, Mr. Richmond, for such an enjoyable start to my day.

The main problem I think of for an outdoor show would be rain and wind. Make sure you can keep a cover on your merchandise and an eye on the weather forecast. Actually, a good umbrella might help protect the books from fading under the direct sunlight too.

Bean’s mom has seen weirder i’m sure. I mean she slithers around in public and no black vans with shadowy government agents have grabbed her. Though I can imagine a hilarious scenario where sunglasses wearing suited figures show up Jake thinks they’re here to abduct,experiment, and dissect Modest and instead they just need him to get his Magical Creature Adoption License.

Ever seen Kiki’s Delivery Service? I’m imagining it like how people are still surprised to see a witch flying on a broomstick, but they accept it almost immediately after the initial shock because they’re somewhat aware that that’s a thing that exists.

Jake something has just occured to me. In the beginning of marvel comics. Mutants were basically a metaphor for homosexuality and aids and such. Mutants were ashamed of their differences mutants were hated and there was bigotry etc. and perhaps that was the world back then but now and days a good deal of the population don’t really give a crap about someone’s sexuality and likewise if someone had mutant powers a good deal of the population would think “that’s pretty awesome i’d like to be their friend.” So we all talk about “oh my god how is it noone reacts to modest being a medusa” But we also all know that basically there are some people who would be like those kidnappers. Some people would call the fbi or all about her. But unlike movie universes people aren’t dicks . They’d see Modest and while they’d be interested in her backstory and concerned about the possible danger of her hair they’d also see she’s a little girl. If an honest go god five year old slithered by me playing a nintendo ds i’d probably take a second glance , be surprised, maybe even take a picture, but i’d not bother her and if she needed help i’d give it to her. Likewise the Fbi would be interested in her but the government wouldn’t just abduct her and dissect her. They’d do blood work, ultrasounds, xrays, etc. Tell Jake to keep an eye on her and that they’d check up with him and her as she got older. Because they honestly have better things to do and despite being an “abnormality” some humans happen to have unique medical conditions like siamese twins, bearded ladies, etc and they aren’t quarantined or treated like freaks any more. So modest would be treated as a child with special medical conditions as well. They’d also probably help Jake care for her providing him with resources as well. I’m sure offscreen Jake’s already talked about it with authority figures.

Tldr: There is no magical weirdness filter, Alternate hometown isn’t some weird universe where weirdness is normal. It’s just people are more realistic and not all assholes and can handle weirdness alot better than in fictional universes.

You’re right. There’s a little more to it than that though. Comic world is a little different from our own world and people there have a little more context for weird stuff, but you’ve mostly hit it right on the head. Modest is weird and surprising, but not really scary, and in a town full of uni-cycling Darth Vadar’s she doesn’t stand out as much as you’d think.

On Monday August 3rd, I discovered Modest Medusa by clicking random media on TvTropes. Two days later and here I am, fully caught up. Thank you for creating an absolutely wonderful comic and I hope you will continue for a very long time.